Cerium tellurite, and method of preparation



C United States Patent ce Patented Sept. 11, 1962 d (A.U.): I/I 3,053,617 3.26 8.3 CERIUM TELLURITE, AND METHOD OF 1 1000 PREPARATION 2.90 22.1 Gerhard Bayer, Hinteregg, Zurich, Switzerland, assignor 5 2 78 43 3 tahpwens-lllinois Glass Company, a corporation of N0 Drawing. Filed Nov. 30, 1960, Ser. No. 72,568 1 Claim. (Cl. 23-50) 213 -5 2.11 12.9 This invention relates to a new cerium tellurite, and 10 2.04 21.1 to a method for its preparation. 1.98 30.5 An object of the present invention is to provide a new 1.84 14.1 compound, a cerium tellurite. 1.77 11.5 Another object of the invention is to provide a method 1.73 20.7 for the production of this new compound in crystalline 1.67 6.6 form. Still another object of the invention is to provide a 1.628 12.0 new yellow ceramic color or pigment. Other objects of 1.612 8.1 the invention will become apparent from a study of the 1.555 9.0 accompanying disclosure. 1.387 5.0 According to the present invention, I have now dis- 1.305 4.5 covered a new crystalline tellurite of the formula: 1.178 4.5 CeTe O The new yellow crystalline compound finds particular This compound has a striking and intense yellow color. applgcatlondbscause ltslvery deslrabie i 3 5 It According to the invention, the new compound can be 9 2 use ncgamlcdg 5 5? ename f S an t prepared by mixing TeO with CeO in the ratio of 3 e c 9 m 6 e 15 2 13; as mols of the tellurium oxide to 1 mol of the cerium oxide, a g amouln a ms a and carrying out a solid-state reaction. The ratio of the 1g er Onng ers m p as Sue as Po yoxides should be substantially as stated, but higher or e 2: we or 5 ys i f t f 1 ti t lower ratios can be employed; however, when so employed 30 spam ctexallnp 6 a 5 ih l the tellurite compound is diluted with CeO or TeO as i c0 6 O owmg 1 us ra es t 1S use shown by X-ray powder difiraction data. In preparing or CO the compounds, the reactants are intimately admixed in IIlgredient- Lbs. finely divided powder form; preferably the powders are s s 300 30 microns or smaller. The intimately admixed powders Zinc oxide 25 are compacted into a cohesive mass, and thereafter heat Long-oil soya alkyd resin (60% nonvolatile) 480 treated in a non-reducing, usually an oxidizing, atmos- Mine al spirits 181 phere (e.g., air). Temperatures of firing are from about C balt naphthenate (6% Co) 3 600 to about 700 C., usually not above 650 C. The L d naphthenate (24% Pb) 3 solid state reaction takes place during the firing, after 49 Calcium naphthenate (4% Ca) 2 which the compound is cooled to room temperature. Firing time is generally from 2 to 30 hours, usually 5 to 20 Total 994 hours As will be evident to those skilled in the art, various The compound CeTe3O8 Prepared m the manner modifications of this invention can be made or followed in just descnbed Wherem the firmg temperature was held the li ht of the foregoing disclosure and discussion withwithin the range from 600-650: for 20 hours in an out departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure air atmosphere. The cerium tellurite had an intense yelor from the scope of the claim low color. It was inlsoluble in ivatefi a31nd dillute hydro- I claim: chloric acid but solub e in strong y a 'ne so utions. It was found to be stable up to a temperature of about 750 The Compound ceTeaos' C., but above this temperature after prolonged heating References Cited in the file of this patent the tellurium begins to volatilize as TeO The X-ray powder difiraction data are given in Table I. UNITE? STATES PATENTS The lines for CeO and TeO were absent, indicating the z lg et a1 E? substantial absence of the starting material reactants. 2,721,117 Schoenlaub Oct. 1955 AU Tabilel m 2,962,346 Sindlinger et al. Nov. 29, 1960 d 5192' 6.3 OTHER REFERENCES 4.00 6.9 Mellor: Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and 3,49 64.0 Theoretical Chemistry, Longmans, Green & 00., VOL 3.34 72.8 XI, pages and 81 (1931). 

